Road-machine.



MATHIAS L AMPL & MATHIAS LAMPL.

ROAD MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1909.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

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ROAD MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1909.

Patented 0ct.26,1909.

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ROAD MACHINE.

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Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

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ROAD-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed June 25, 1909. Serial No. 504,337.

. To all whom it may concern:

. and the invention has for its primary object to provide a machine forfacilitating the work of maintaining a road or public highway in perfectcondition.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine that can be usedas an agricultural implement for tilling the soil.

A further object of the invention is to combine a harrow, stone crusher,stone gatherer and roller into a machine or implement easily operatedand controlled for performing various kinds of work.

l/Vith the above and other objectsin view,

which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood,the improvement consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described in detail and claimed.

Referring to the drawlng', Figure 1 1s a side elevation of a machine orimplement constructed 1n accordance with our mvention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional View of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan of the machineor implement partly broken away and partly in section, Fig. v4: is across-sectional view 7 of the machine or implement taken on the line X Xof Fig. 3, illustrating the roller, Fig. 5 is a similar view taken onthe line W W of Fig. 3, Fig. 6 is an elevation of a portion of themachine illustrating the adjusting mechanism for the stone crusher, Fig.7 is a sectional view of a portion of the machine illustrating the truckelevating means, and Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of a portion of thesame.

The machine or implement comprises two parallel longitudinal beams 1 and2 having the forward ends thereof connected by a transverse beam 3.Pivotally connected to this beam by a centrally. located king bolt 4 isa truck comprising a bolster 5 having the upper face thereof providedwith ,a fifth wheel member 6 cooperating with a similar member 7 carriedby the beam 3.

8 denotes bearings carried by the rear side of the beam 3 and movablymounted in said bearings is an axle 9 having the ends thereof bentdownwardly as at 10, and provided with revoluble wheels 11.

12 denotes a harrow plate screwed to the bottom of the bolster 5, saidplate having a forwardly extending frame 13 and a rearwardly extendingframe 14:, both of said frames and said plate having depending harrowteeth 15. 1 V

16 denotes a crank carried by the axle 9,

and loosely connected to said crank by a pin 17 is a lever 18 having alongitudinal slot or Opening 19 to receive the pin 17. The end of thelever is recessed as at 20, to receive the axle 9, whereby said axle canbe used as a fulcrum point in raising and lowering the revoluble wheels11, to either place the harrow teeth 15 in engagement with the ground orsoil over which the machine or implement passes or to retain the teeth.out of engagement with the ground or soil. The last mentioned positionof the teeth is accomplished by locking the lever 18 in a horizontalposition in engagement with the catch 21' carried by the rearwardlyextending frame 14 of the harrow plate 12. 22 denotes a tongue locatedcentrally of the bolster 5 and resting upon the frame 13 to which framethe tongue is connected by a pin 23 extending through apertured lugs 24carried by said frame. The tongue 22 is also connected by a hook 25 to astrap 26 fastened upon the beam 3 by the king bolt 1.

27 denotes a suitable draft gear or appliance carried by the tongue 22and to this draft gear is hitched the power, as horses or tractionengine for drawing the machine or implement over a road or soil.

The longitudinal beams l and 2 intermediate the ends thereof arerecessed as at 28 for slotted sockets 29, and extending into thesesockets are plates 30 having racks 31. Meshing with the racks 31 arepinions 32 mounted upon shafts 33 journaled in bear ings 34 located uponthe sockets 29. The shafts 33 are provided with cranks 35 and connectedwith said cranks are rods 36, which connect with the cranks 37 of atrans verse shaft 38, journaled in'the beams 1 and 2, said beams beingcut'away as at 39 to provide clearances for the ends of the shaft andthe cranks carried thereby. The shaft 38 is provided with another crank40 and this crank is connected bya pitman 11 to a lever 42, pivotallyconnected to the inner side of the beam 2. It is through the me dium ofthis lever that the plates 30 are raised and lowered, and to lock theplates in an adjusted position a toothed locking member 43 is pivotallymounted upon the beam 2 and is swung into engagement with the lever 42to hold the same in adjusted position. v

44 denotes a shaft extending through slots 45 in the beams 1 and 2 andslots 46 in the plates 30 into said plates. Upon this shaft 44 ismounted a gathering roll 47 having rows of equally spaced gathering orpick-up" arms 48. Upon the shaft 44 contiguous to the beam 1 are asprocket wheel 49 and a gear wheel 50, the former being located in therecessed inner side 51 of the beam 1.

52 denotes a shaft journaled in the upper ends ofthe plates 30, and uponthis shaft are mounted a plurality of radially disposed crushing wheels53, said wheels being staggered with relation to the gathering arms 48,whereby said arms can swing between said wheels. The shaft 52 isprovided with a gear wheel 54 meshing with the gear wheel 50, wherebythe shafts 44 and 52 will be revolved simultaneously and in oppositedirec tions.

55 denotes a semi-cylindrical hood pivotally mounted upon the beams 1and 2, as at 56, the ends of said hood being slotted, as at 57, toprovide clearances for the shaft 52..

58 denotes a transverse shaft carried by the beams 1 and 2 in the rearof the roll 46, and fulcrumed upon this shaft is a tiltable hopper 59having the forward edge thereof extending in proximity to the roll 47and slotted, as at 60, to provide clearances for The beams 1 and 2 areprovided with a transverse plate 61, which forms the rear end of thehopper 59 and prevents the forward slotted edge of said hopper fromcontacting with the roll 47.

To tilt the hopper 59 to discharge dumpable material contained therein,the-hopper I 59 adjacent to the beam is provided with an upwardlyextending arm 62, and connect ing with this arm is a forwardly extendingrod 63. The forward end of the rod 63 'is pivotally connected to a lever64 pivotally carried by the beam 2, and to lock said lever in adjustedposition a locking member 65 is employed, said member being pivotallymounted upon the beam 2.

The rear ends of the beamsl and 2 are provided with bearings 66 for atransverse revoluble shaft 67. Upon this shaft are mounted the spiders68 of a cylindrical roller 69. The spider 68 adjacent to the beam 1 isprovided with a gear wheel 70 and meshing with saidgear wheel is a smallgear wheel 71 formed integrally with a sprocket wheel 72. This sprocketwheel is revolubly mounted upon the shaft 7 3, journaled in a bearing-74hinged upon the beam 1, as at 75. This bearing is provided with abifurcated extension 76 and adapted to engage in said extension is apivoted locking member 77 retained in engagement with said extension bya pin 78. The hinged bearing 74 is provided with a crank 79, andconnected to said crank is a forwardly extending rod 80 having theforward end thereof connected to a lever 81 pivotally carried by theinner side of the beam'l'. This ,lever, similar to the levers 42 and 64is held in adjustment by a toothed locking member 82 pivotally mountedupon the beam 1.

83 denotes a sprocket chain adapted'to travel over the sprocket wheels49 and 72;

84 denotes a transverse brace connecting the beams 1 and 2 in front ofthe roll 47, and located centrally of said brace is a drivers seat 85,which is also connected by a brace 86 to the transverse'beam 8. Thisdrivers seat is provided with a depending tool casing 87 normally closedby a platev 88 countersunk in the seat 85.

89 denotes a brace connecting the transverse beam 3 with the inner sidesof the beams 1 and 2.

Since the levers 42-64 and 81 are located j in proximity to the driversseat 85, the operation of the roll 47 and the roller '69 can be easilycontrolled besides the dischargeiof crushed stones and similar matterfrom the hopper 59. It is thought that the operation of the lever 81 tomove the gear wheel 71 ;into and out of engagement with the-gear 2 wheel70 will be fully understood, it being i forward end of the machine, saidmachine can be advantageously used as an agricultural implement forremoving and crushing stones u on a stony field. With the harrow in an eevated position, the remainder of the machine can be used formaintaining roads and public highways in perfect condition. In bothinstances, however, separate and distinct machines heretofore used havebeen combined in a single machine easily controlled by a single driveror operator.

While in the drawings forming part of this specification there has beenillustrated a preferred arrangement of the structural elements of theinvention, we reserve the right to rearrange these elements and make thesame of varioussizes and proportions relative to one another withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having now described our invention, what ing the forward ends of saidbeams, a movable bolster connected to said beam, harrow frames carriedby said bolster, an adjustable truck carried by said bolster, means foradjusting said truck, a roller revolubly supported between the rear endsof said beams, a revoluble gathering roll adjustably supported by saidbeams and adapted to be driven by a movement of said'roller, revolublecrushing arms arranged above said roll and adapted to be revolvedthrough the medium of said roll, means carried by said beams foradjusting said roll, means carried by one of said beams for controllingthe operation of said roller, a tiltable hopper arranged between saidroller and said roll for receiving material from said roll, meanscarried by one of said beams for tilting said hopper to discharge thecontents thereof in the path of said roller, and a ivoted hood carriedby said beams and a apted to fit over said crushing arms and said roll.

2. A machine of the type described, comprising longitudinal beams, abeam connecting the forward ends of said frames, a movable bolsterconnected to said beam, harrow frames carried by said bolster, anadjustable truck carried by said bolster, means for adjusting saidtruck, a roller revolubly supported between the rear ends of said beams,a revoluble gathering roll adjustably supported by said beams andadapted to be driven by a movement of said roller, revolu-' ble crushingarms arranged above said roll and adapted to be revolved through themedium of said roll, means carried by said beams for adjusting saidroll, means carried by one of said beams for controlling the operationof said roller, a tiltable hopper ar-' ranged between said roller andsaid roll for receiving material from said roll, and means carried byone of said beams for tilting said hopper to discharge the contentsthereof in the path of said roller.

3. A machine of the type described, comprising longitudinal beams, atruck supporting the forward ends of said beams, a revoluble rollercarried by the rear ends of said frames, an adjustable gathering rollrevolubly supported by said beams and adapted to be driven by a movementof said roller, revoluble crushing arms arranged above said roll andadapted to be revolved by a movement of said roll, and means supportedby said beams for delivering matter crushed by said arms in the path ofsaid roller;

4. A machine of the type described, coinprising beams, a trucksupporting the forward ends of said beams, a roller revolubly supportedby the rear ends of said beams, an adjustable gathering roll revolublysupported by said beams and adapted to be driven by said roller,revoluble crushing arms arranged above said roll and adapted to bedriven thereby, and a tiltable hopper arranged between said beams fordelivering matter crushed by said arms in the path of said roller.

5. A machine of the type described, comprising longitudinal beams, atruck supporting the forward ends of said beams, a revolublerollersupporting the rear ends of said beams, a gathering roll adjustablysupported by said beams and adapted to be driven by said roller,revoluble crushing arms arranged above said roll and adapted to berevolved thereby, a tiltable hopper arranged between said beams fordischarging crushed matter in the path of said vroller, and meanscarried by one of said beams for tilt-ing said hopper.

6. A machine of the type described, comprisinglongitudinal beams, atruck supporting the forward ends of said beams, a revoluble rollersupporting the rear ends of said beams, a gathering roll adjustablysupported by said beams and adapted to be driven by said roller,revoluble crushing arms arranged above said roll and adapted to berevolved thereby, a tiltable hopper arranged between said beams fordischarging crushed matter in the path of said roller, and means carriedby one of said beams for controlling the operation of said roller.

7 A machine of the type described, comprising longitudinal beams, atruck supporting the forward ends of said beams, a revoluble rollersupporting the rear ends of said beams, a gathering roll adjustablysupported by said beams and adapted to be driven by said roller,revoluble crushing arms arranged above said roll and adapted to berevolved thereby, a tiltable hopper arranged between said beams fordischarging crushed matter in the path of said roller, and means carriedby said beams for adjusting said roll.

8. A machine of the type described, comprising longitudinal beams, atruck supporting the forward ends of said beams, a revoluble rollersupporting the rear ends of said beams, a gathering roll adjustablysupported by said beams and adapted to be driven by said roller,revoluble crushing arms arranged above said roll and adapted to berevolved thereby, a tiltable hopper arranged between said beams fordischarging crushed matter in the path of said roller, and a hoodmovably supported by said beams and adapted to inclose said crushingarms.

9. A machine of the type described, comprising beams, a beam connectingthe forward ends of said beams, a harrow movable with relation to saidbeam, a revoluble roller supporting the rear ends of said beams, agathering roll adjustably supported by said beams and adapted to bedriven by said roller, revoluble crushing arms arranged above said rolland adapted to be driven thereby, means for discharging matter crushedby said arms in the path of said roller, means carried by one of saidbeams for controlling the operation of said roller and said roll, andmeans carriedby said beams for adjusting said roll.

10. A machine of the type described, comprising beams, a trucksupporting the for- Ward ends of said beams, a revoluble rollersupporting the rear ends of said beams, revolving crusher arms driventhrough the medium of said roller, adjustable means car- 1 ried by saidframesfor placing matter in position to be crushed by said arms, andmeans for discharging crushed matter into the path of said roller.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signa tures in the presence of twoWitnesses.

MATHIAs LAMPL. v MATHIAS LAMPL. WVitnesses H. C. EyER'r, MAX H.SROLOVITZ.

